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Thursday, Mar 28

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It’s Time to Give Up the Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves About Donald Trump

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The new Stormy Daniels documentary is crystallizing for one big reason.

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Conservatives Are Getting Comfortable Talking Openly About a National Abortion Ban

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Imagine what most Americans would make of it if an already unpopular Supreme Court interpreted a law from 1873 as a sweeping, punitive zombie abortion ban.

Wednesday, Mar 27

20

The Wild Fraud Case Against the Texas Attorney General Ends In an Ironic Twist

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It's the end of a nine-year saga. But Paxton has more legal battles ahead.

Monday, Mar 25

23

How to Finally Outrun Trump’s Efforts to Outrun the Law

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This is a story about the Supreme Court as much as it is one about Trump.

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The Whistleblower Who Leaked Trump’s Taxes Is About to Go to Prison. Biden Should Pardon Him Now.

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Charles Littlejohn did more than just expose the former president’s lies.

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The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Biggest Fear

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The anti-abortion movement’s decadeslong efforts to target the abortion pill.

Thursday, Mar 21

23

Trump Needs to Come Up With $500 Million by Monday, or He Could Lose His Assets. There Are a Few Ways He Could Do It.

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Letitia James is eyeing Trump's properties. He has until Monday to come up with the money to keep them.

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My Sister Euthanized Herself. She Shouldn’t Have Had to Do It the Way She Did.

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Theda had been bedridden for seven years when she first decided she wanted to die. But her situation was anything but cut-and-dry.

Wednesday, Mar 20

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What to Really Take From Trump’s Latest Comments About Jews

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He’s always talked this way. It tells us more about him than anything.

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Christine Blasey Ford Has Some Scores to Settle

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Scientist, surfer, and survivor of a torturous Senate hearing.

Tuesday, Mar 19

23

The Supreme Court Just Gave Texas a Green Light to Harass Every Latino Person in the State

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The 5th Circuit went rogue, and the Supreme Court’s conservatives let it.

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The Supreme Court Struck Down His Sentence 14 Years Ago. He Only Just Got Out Now.

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“The world knows me as Graham v. Florida,” says Terrence Graham. “I just want people to know that there's more to Graham v. Florida than just a case.”

Monday, Mar 18

22

Even the Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Fed Up With the Garbage Coming Out of the 5th Circuit

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Like so many Supreme Court cases these days, Murthy is built atop a heap of fake facts.

20

So Trump’s Trial Delay Tactics Really Worked, Huh?

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Plus: The former president won't be able to pay his appeal bond in the New York civil fraud trial, and Fani Willis stays on in the Georgia RICO case.

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Mexico Is Flooded With American Guns. So the Country’s Suing Companies Like Glock and Smith & Wesson.

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A $10 billion lawsuit could pave the way for new gun control tactics.

Friday, Mar 15

21

John Roberts Just Dropped the Hammer on Rogue, Lawless Trump Judges

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After years of dallying, the chief justice and his allies struck a sharp blow against judge-shopping.

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The Trump Trial With the Wrong Prosecutor but the Right Judge

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Judge Scott McAfee has proved himself able to handle the mess the Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump has become.

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Stormy Daniels Is Telling a Different, Darker Story Than She Used To

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A new documentary shows just how much she—and the country—have changed since 2018.

Thursday, Mar 14

23

Why Chuck Schumer’s New Stance on Israel Is Such a Big Deal

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Schumer’s critique was as stark and stern as any delivered by an American political leader.

Monday, Mar 11

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Some Big News About the Fate of the Georgia Trump Trial Should Land This Week

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Plus: We'll get a preview of Trump's arguments in the classified documents case, and another Trump investigation is picking up steam in Arizona.

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It’s Been a Bad Couple of Years for American Confidence in Higher Ed. Here’s How Democrats Should Respond.

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Higher ed is losing traction in American public opinion. Liberals should think through their response carefully.

Saturday, Mar 9

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I’m a High School Teacher. Here’s How the Parents of My Students Make It Impossible for Them to Focus.

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Phone-free schools seem like a no-brainer. The sticking point is not what you'd think.

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Why That GOP State of the Union Rebuttal Was So Bizarre

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Well, that sure was a Republican response to the State of the Union.

Friday, Mar 8

22

Joe Biden Smacked Down the Supreme Court at His State of the Union

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Biden said plainly that the upcoming election will see payback for the court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Thursday, Mar 7

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The Biggest Anti-Abortion-Rights Lie Is Back at the Supreme Court

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One of the most consistent and adamant claims of the anti-abortion movement is that opponents of reproductive rights care deeply about women’s health.

Wednesday, Mar 6

22

Four Things That Will Have to Happen for the Israel-Hamas War to End

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A peace agreement might be the only way to avoid the creeping escalation to a region-wide war.

Tuesday, Mar 5

23

The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts

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It’s an unusual miss by a typically strategic and savvy chief justice.

Monday, Mar 4

The Supreme Court Forgot to Scrub the Metadata in Its Trump Ballot Decision. It Reveals Something Important.

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What happened? Most obviously, the Supreme Court rushed out this opinion and forgot to check the metadata.

The First Trump Criminal Trial Was Supposed to Start by Now. Instead, SCOTUS Handed Trump Another Big Win.

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Plus: We'll find out Fani Willis' fate sometime in the next two weeks.